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9/11Sir Isaac Newton's chemical notes, between 1660 and 1727
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Two autograph items with chemical notes by Sir Isaac Newton
Formerly known as Burndy manuscript number 12
Two autograph items with chemical notes by Sir Isaac Newton
Formerly known as Burndy manuscript number 12
- Abstract
- Two autograph items with chemical notes by Sir Isaac Newton. One of the items is [1] page on 1 sheet measuring 16 x 21 cm. with blank verso, containing 8 lines of a recipe in English by an unidentified writer, with Newton's transcription of the same recipe on 6 lines at the bottom of the same page. The document's incipit line reads, 'Take an ounce [and a quarter?] of gold, 1/2 ounce of dubell [=double] refined silver ....' The second item, [1] page on 1 sheet (31 x 38 cm. folded to 31 x 19 cm.), mostly covers one quarter panel of the sheet with the remainder blank. This second item, partly in Latin and partly in English, has 30 lines all written in Newton's hand in ink, on the mixing and distillation of a lead-like material. The first line begins 'Materia sublimatur,' and has a reference to Basilius Valentinus in the 11th line.
- Addeddate
- 2019-02-01 07:46:16
- Associated-names
- Basilius Valentinus; Burndy Library, donor
- Call number
- 39088003898442
- Call-number
- 39088003898442
- Collection-number
- Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology,
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- sirisaacnewtons00newt
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t9k438r5n
- Identifier-bib
- 39088003898442
- Location
- Smithsonian Libraries,
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
- Pages
- 10
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The Library considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection
- Ppi
- 300
- References
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner Collection, 75; Newton project (website) ALCH00077
- Year
- 1660
- Full catalog record
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